US 12,003,830 B2
Media environment driven content distribution platform
Henry Lawrence Frecon, III, Boyertown, PA (US); Patrick Clay Greene, Boyertown, PA (US); Michael Eric Phillips, Boyertown, PA (US); and Timothy J. Carroll, Boyertown, PA (US)
Assigned to Source Digital, Inc., Boyertown, PA (US)
Filed by Source Digital, Inc., Boyertown, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/055,643.
Application 18/055,643 is a continuation of application No. 17/203,370, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,503,350.
Application 17/203,370 is a continuation of application No. 16/099,582, granted, now 10,951,935, issued on Mar. 16, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/026827, filed on Apr. 10, 2017.
Application 17/203,370 is a continuation of application No. 15/094,538, filed on Apr. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,397,663, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071225 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/845 (2011.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H03G 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/845 (2013.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H03G 7/002 (2013.01); H03G 7/007 (2013.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/233 (2013.01); H04N 21/234 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/43074 (2020.08); H04N 21/433 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine or group of machines for a media environment driven content distribution platform, comprising:
a pre-synchronizer configured to obtain ancillary data and synchronization data and to correlate the ancillary data to times in the synchronization data such that subsequent synchronization of the synchronization data to the content synchronizes the ancillary data, correlated to the times in the synchronization data, to the content, wherein specific objects of the ancillary data are distributed based on event data relating to the media environment; and
a transceiver configured to communicate the synchronization data derived from the content and the ancillary data correlated to the times in the synchronization data to a storage location;
wherein the ancillary data includes a first ancillary data object and a second ancillary data object that are both correlated to a same time in the synchronization data, and the first ancillary data object and not the second ancillary data object is distributed based on the event data relating to the media environment.